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Newspaper
Ashtabula Telegraph
Location
Ashtabula, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1880
Page
3
A sprawling 1880s issue covers bids and business in Ashtabula. It details health board activity, skater events, charity concerts raising funds, cattle shipments, clothing and fuel market notes, illness curtailments, railroad extension talk, and municipal matters. It reports arrests, court actions, property improvements, and local transport news with names, places, and dates typical of a bustling small town ledger.
Bas Tol Rev A D Barber returned home sober and announces marriage to Ming Kate J. The Knotts are tied at this date and the rumor for what it is worth is noted. Made February 20 1850.
N Bartheut, The Geod Meter Wheel and Captain N Bartiot arrive at the front with a crew. Men, including Messrs Dodge Strickland and Strick, display a warlike bearing. They prepare for action, drive the tack ripen into place, and present a target enclosed with three holes.
A digest of village news recounts Cornelius Norris born Coan 1808 died 1880, with devout lifelong gospel zeal. It also notes debates over a Union Pacific style railroad route, survey decisions on bridging a local creek, orthography reform speeches, school talks, revival meetings with twenty four conversions, a professor’s move from Chicago, a surprise at Mrs Davis and Mullett, and political debates on Garfield successors and farming eligibility.
Ex-County Commissioner Ex-Pere Bullard and C L Sunbury describe their role as viewers and J N Wight as surveyor in examining a petition by Allen Turner for a county road. They report plans to file a public-utility determination with the county commissioners and invite remonstrances before a March session. The reply defends land use and counters misrepresentations by Taxpayer about Turner and the road’s impact.
Long community report recounts local court case in U S Court with a hung jury, political chatter about Northway and Howland, and arrival of a paper-hat visitor seeking town visits. It notes a Cleveland trip, dairy farmer meetings at Jefferson, and a Smith's Opera House program with a 25-artist troupe.
An OCR fragment describes a Mississippi journey aboard the Captain, with Mark Twain aboard and a salute at Cairo, amid large crowds and garish costumes. It mentions the Colossal Relics Statue of Victory, Lewell Park, and visitors, plus references to individuals and places in a maritime and revolutionary remembrance context.
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